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Loriann MackoProject Coordinator, PEPNet-Northeast
Margaret ChastelProject Consultant
English Splash!An Online Resource for Teaching English
To improve educational outcomes, PEPNet partners with:
EducatorsService Providers (Interpreters, speech-to-text, etc)ParentsRelated professionals (VR, IL, etc)
PEPNet’s Mission…
Background information…
Project part of PEPNet-NE Management Plan during cycle 2006-2011
Directed toward teachers and other professionals
Secondary and Postsecondary level
Background information…Research from June 2010 (Done during 2003-2004 school year)
Reading abilities of deaf/hard of hearing HS students with IEPs 10th-12th grades:
18.8% reading at 9th grade level +47.7% reading at 4th grade level –
Two thirds of these students went on to postsecondary education:
29% attended 4-year colleges71% attended two-year or less than two-year schools
From Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Transition: Demographics with an Emphasis on STEM Education; Gerard C. Walter; 2010
www.pepnet.org
The gateway to information and resources!
Finding English Splash!…
Teaching Tools sectionTools Techniques Samples
Reading Guides: Cliffs Notes, Spark Notes
General and deaf-specific strategies to apply to any reading material
Writing Writing guides, lesson plans, handouts...
General and deaf-specific strategies for teaching writing
Samples by DHH high school and college students, scored and leveled
Vocabulary Vocabulary lists, “curricula”(workbooks/videos)
Powerpoint on deaf-specific teaching strategies
Grammar Guides, lesson plans, examples, interactive quizzes
Link to Xword Grammar; some deaf-specific
Combination “Combo” sites (grammar, vocab, writing, lesson plans, etc) several developed by NTID or Gallaudet; common errors section
Approaches section
ESL ASL/English Written Communication
Manipulatives for teaching grammar
comparing English vocab/expressions with ASL (classroom material)
Ideas and methods for using interactive technology to promote literacy
Writing and reading strategies; deaf-specific
Software for linking ASL video with English text
Signs for teaching English Composition
Research and development on bilingual literacy teaching
Gallaudet’s ESL resources English tutorials and lessons in ASL
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